STES Timeliness Framework: Use of Benchmarking Techniques

This page contains links to detailed documentation on how the use of benchmarking techniques can aide in improving the quality and timeliness of short-term economic statistics. The papers below provide detailed information on methods relevant to this topic which have been implemented within statistical organisations. Issues covered include:

• Achieving consistency in short-term time series through benchmarking to more reliable annual data
• Identifying and adjusting for bias in short-term estimates through benchmarking to more reliable sources (e.g. administrative)

Primary papers

The papers below focus primarily on the use of benchmarking techniques. They may also contain information on other statistical processes defined in the STES Timeliness Framework .